The Georgian military attacked the capital of breakaway South Ossetia on Friday with tanks and infantry and bombed a village, despite a ceasefire declared by Georgia, the separatist government said.
// Aug. 08, 2008 - 05:33 GMT
The Georgian military attacked the capital of breakaway South Ossetia on Friday with tanks and infantry and bombed a village, despite a ceasefire declared by Georgia, the separatist government said.
// Aug. 08, 2008 - 06:08 GMT
At least 14 people were killed when a bus collided with a passenger train at a railroad crossing in western Georgia, a RIA correspondent reported on Friday.
// Aug. 08, 2008 - 07:17 GMT
Georgia said on Friday it had seized control over almost all towns and villages in its breakaway republic of South Ossetia, following a major ground and air offensive.
// Aug. 08, 2008 - 08:56 GMT
Large numbers of sturgeon and carp weighing several metric tons died after a power station spilled boiling water into Iset Lake in Russia's Urals, the head of the affected fish farm said on Friday.
// Aug. 08, 2008 - 09:17 GMT